WHERE IS SOMALIA NOW?
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WHERE IS SOMALIA NOW?
Somali Reconciliation & Restoration Council (SRRC)
• A government comprised of the 5 main warlord groups in Somalia
• Hussein Aidid, the son of Mohammed Aidid, is one of the main members
• Inability to create a central gov’t so regional gov’t formed
• Government that is said to be “in control” in Somalia
• Also comprised of clans/tribes
Transitional National Gov’t
Transitional National Gov’t• Not very successful in ruling
• There has been civil war in Somalia and territory that should be under their control is not
• None of the regional gov’ts recognized it as official
Transitional National Gov’t (TNG)
• Strongly opposed by Hussein Aidid and other members of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC)
• TNG only lasted until Aug. 2003
Transitional National Assembly• In Aug. 2004 a 275-member transitional
parliament was inaugurated for a five-year term
• Selected President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
• Ruled out of Kenya – Somalia too violent
Transitional National Assembly• 2006 – worst outbreak of
violence in 10 yrs
• Islamist militias – Somali Islamist Court Council (SICC) battled warlords
• Ethiopia sent troops to stabilize
Transitional National Assembly• Al-Shabab, militant wing of
SICC, allied itself w/al-Qaeda
• Waged war against TNA
• Controls almost all of southern Somalia
• Ethiopia has withdrawn troops
Al-Shabab• Formally declared allegiance with
al-Qaeda in Feb. 2010
• Bombed restaurant in Uganda in July 2010 – people watching the World Cup
• Message to countries who have sent troops to support TNA
SOMALI PIRATES – way to earn a living for many fishermen or ex-
militiamen of warlords